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message 1: by Philippe (last edited Jul 22, 2024 01:05PM) (new)

Philippe | 21 comments "Thom" is a common pen name for different authors but too many are combined on Thom

The work of one Thom, an illustrator and graphic novel author from Montreal QC Canada, with real name Thomas Blais-Leblanc, should be listed in a distinct author entry for his books. He's published with Pow Pow (1), La courte échelle (2), and Bayard (3). That Thom didn't publish books in German, or with Quantum Integrations, or self-publishing on Amazon...

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Thom (Thomas Blais-Leblanc)

BOOKS:
"Botanica Drama" Botanica Drama (1)
"VII" VII (1)
"Casa Rodeo" Casa Rodeo (1)
"Markus et le gecko" Markus et le gecko (2)
"Une visite guidée du système solaire" Une visite guidée du système solaire + Une visite guidée du système solaire (2)
"Une visite guidée de l'Univers" UNE VISITE GUIDEE DE L'UNIVERS + Une visite guidée de l'Univers (2)
"Les Improbables enquêtes de Bob Lebo : prenez garde au chien… chaud!" Les improbables enquêtes de Bob Lebo: Prenez garde au chien… chaud! + Les Improbables enquêtes de Bob Lebo : prenez garde au chien… chaud! (3)

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Thom (other(s))

BOOKS: The other entries from https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...

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SOURCES, author pages of Thom / Thomas Blais-Leblanc on publisher websites:

(1) https://editionspowpow.com/auteur/thom/
(2) https://groupecourteechelle.com/la-co...
(3) https://www.bayardlivres.ca/auteur/th...


message 2: by Philippe (last edited Jul 24, 2024 12:17PM) (new)

Philippe | 21 comments Reading the list of all "books" associated with the mixed author entry of Thom, there are many book entries that I don't think should even be in the Goodreads catalog.

For example, books like Lpn Courseforward have both ISBN and ASIN but they cannot be found on Amazon.com. There are many other entries with identical or very similar titles.

Same for titles by "Thom" or "Quantum Integrations" with "Massage" titles like Specialized Massage Stdnt Gde

Other strange books by "Thom" with an invalid cover: New Ineligible Book 4 or New Eligible Book 6. This last one can be found on Amazon.com at https://www.amazon.com/New-Eligible-B... but it is fake and possibly a fraud! If you click on the "Read sample" button of that book on Amazon, it shows Lorem ipsum content (the famous dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry).

It's a mess and probably not the first time but in this case, it affects the book list of the real author with pen name Thom (for the books in the original post).


message 3: by Philippe (new)

Philippe | 21 comments Please let me know, is there any other info I should provide to split this Thom author entry in two? (And maybe add a "Librarian note: There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name" like Joe Kelly?)


message 4: by Philippe (new)

Philippe | 21 comments Bonjour! J'aimerais demander de l'aide pour faire le ménage dans la fiche d'auteur "Thom" pour distinguer l'auteur québécois Thom (Thomas Blais-Leblanc) des autres Thom. J'ai posté les détails ici dans le groupe global, mais il n'y a pas de mise à jour depuis... Merci!


message 5: by Philippe (new)

Philippe | 21 comments Moved to "Requests for Superlibrarians"


message 6: by David (new)

David Raz (davidraz) | 13515 comments This does not require superlibrarian assistance. Please move your request or repost it to the "Book & Author Page Issues" folder.


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